Unicorn social app IRL to shut down after admitting 95% of its users were fake

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Unicorn social app IRL to shut down after admitting 95% of its users were fake

Ironically, the social app IRL‘s users do not exist in real life. An internal investigation by IRL’s board of directors found that 95% of the app’s reported 20 million users were “automated or from bots,” The Information first reported. So, after raising more than $200 million in venture capital, IRL is shutting down. IRL was […]

Unicorn social app IRL to shut down after admitting 95% of its users were fake by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch

Unicorn social app IRL to shut down after admitting 95% of its users were fake

2023-06-27 06:03

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